BVHA Meeting at Kishore Van (May 19, 2010)

Minutes of the meeting of Braj-Vrindavan Heritage Alliance (BVHA)

Place: Kishor Van
Date: 19th May, 2010, Wednesday 5.00 p.m

Present: 1. Acharya Shri Vatsa Goswami, 2. Shri Bal Krishna Goutam (Brahman Mahasabha), 3. Shri Pradyumna Pratap Singh (Sevait Meera Bai Mandir), 4. Shri Govind Kishor Goswami (Sevait Kishor Van), 5. Shri Ram Narayan Brajwasi (Vice President Brajwasi Panda Sabha), 6. Dr. Chandra Prakash Sharma (Secretary Brajwasi Panda Sabha), 7. Mahesh Chandra Sharma (President Brajwasi Panda Sabha); 8. Jagannath Poddar (FoV), 9. Madhumangal Shukla (BVHA convener), 10. Avishekh Shrivastava, 11. Arup Govinda Das (World Vaishnava Association); 12. Ravindra Kulshreshtha, 13. Ms. Katie Walter, 14. Ms. Pratibha Sharma (advocate), 15. Anand Bihari Sharma, 16. Sandeep Kumar Sharma, 17. Satya Murti Saraswat (advocate), 18. Jai Kishor Goswami (Bhagwat Preacher), 19. Gopal Ji (Sevait Nimbark Kot), 20. Suresh Chandra Sharma, 21. Rajendra Agrawal Kanthi mala wale (Vyapar Mandal), 22. Girdhari Brajwasi (Treasurer Brajwasi Panda Sabha), 23. K.G. Gupta (Sr. Journalist), 24. Ghan Shyam Kishor Goswami (Sevait Jugal Kishor Mandir), Dr. Devendra Chaitanya Brahmachari

Chair: Thakur Shri Jugal Kishor Ji Maharaj through His servant Shri Govind Kishor Goswami

The following topics were discussed in the meeting & unanimously resolved:

• A delegation of the BVHA will meet the Divisonal Commissioner of Agra within a week to discuss about the so called development in Vrindavan. Dr. Devendra Chaitanya Brahmachari will fix an appointment with the Commissioner and Shri Rajendra Agrawal will organise the conveyance for the delegation.
  
  
• The Brajwasi Panda Sabha will coordinate with the Tourism department to train young and educated pandas to guide the temples and places of the religious importance in Braj – Vrindavan. No out side guides are accepted.
  
  
• The temples, ashrams and other places of interest of Vrindavan will be motivated to put the history of that particular place in a sign board or scribed in stone out side the establishment.
  
  
• The proposed ban on the business of peacock feathers by the MoEF has appreciated. A petition on controlling and relocating the monkeys to be signed and then to be sent to the authorities.
  
  
• Endeavors will be made to get a site located for the crematorium. There has not been any permanent site for the cremation so far.
  
  
• Any effort of cutting the Raman Reti trees for the road broadening will be opposed by the BVHA.
  
  
• The next meeting will be held at Radha Shyam Sundar Mandir on 26th May 2010.